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Behind this movie is a storyline traditional to both Mayan and Aztec legends of captives taken who exhibit keen prowess as warriors and who come to succeed to status as
Behind this movie is a storyline traditional to both Mayan and Aztec legends of captives taken who exhibit keen prowess as warriors and who come to succeed to status as
From the famed Paulo Lins’ novel, adapted by Braulio Mantovani, The City of God is a truthful film of human nature played out within squalor not that far removed from
First of all this reviewer would like to applaud this movie’s director/screenwriter, Tony Gilroy for having the courage to produce a script that directly reflects on the actionable conduct of
In art, to a master, nothing in anyway portrayed is insignificant to his work, nor to producer/director, sometimes screenwriter, David Lynch, even to his body of work. For the connection
A critique manual could be written based solely on the study of the work of David Lynch as producer/director and screenwriter. No one in film today can strain the intensity
Had viewers little or no frames of reference for the art of the extra demands the making of a silent movie exhibits upon actors, The Call of Cthulhu provides an
Every single review I’ve read of this movie I’ve quite frankly found revolting. At least when someone exhibits the courage to display the stark truth those feeling some degree of
Seldom does one find such interesting chemistry between roles of intimacy as that portrayed between Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan in the respective roles, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. No
This reviewer had written a review of Eyes Wide Shut he thought too controversial for airing. Now the same crisis of both taste and frame of reference arises with this
Still staggering from the disappointments of Headspace, this reviewer was delighted to find a film of very similar and intense potentials JUSTIFY itself in realizing them. Among the many gifts
The Demon I won’t tell you. Not…how to read volumes by simple touch. Never…to know when ripe vibrant woman is ready…for lunch. I won’t tell you for what
Writer/director Chris Gorak introduces his viewers to the stark world of a society in which decision-making is relegated purely to agenda, even in the throes of disaster. This is not
Some modern physicists, theoretical mathematicians, mystics, metaphysicians, even astronomers, have looked at time in ways other than purely chronological. Out of any approach to a unified field theory “serial time”
Attention to detail is everything, plot, casting, review…Netflix chose as a headliner review one written by someone that didn’t see the movie through or forgot the pause when he/she momentarily
A film long in the making, perhaps because of the difficulty in meeting it as a docudrama with entertainment. Understandably. Under the direction and writing of Jim Van Bebber, The
It was with some disgust, after this reviewer saw this movie for the third time, noting Netflix’s DVD certainly had more material on it than he had seen on other
Writer/Director Simon Moore scores high marks on this dark mystery, one that requires of its leading character, Liam Neeson (as Tony Aaron,) very versatile dramatic delivery. Almost showcasing the actors
Like the made-for-TV movies, Brothers of the Bell and the several more poignant in naming the Skull and Bones inspiration, this film focuses on exposing the ultimate depravity of the